NEWS & UPDATES
Project Update - March 24, 2023
The UP Veterans Plaza organization is happy to report that construction of the plaza project was completed in early November in time for the UPVP organization to conduct a formal and very well attended dedication ceremony for the project in conjunction with celebrating of Veterans Day at 11:00 a.m. on November 11, 2022. After over thirteen years of planning and fifteen months of construction, the UPVP organization is thrilled to finally call it "finished".
It is with sincere thanks that the UPVP organization recognizes everyone who donated their time, monies, and discounted material costs to make the project the success it is. In particular, we wish to extend our most sincere thanks to the City of University Place for first of all allowing the UPVP organization to locate the veterans plaza in Cirque Park, but also most certainly for its administrative, financial, and construction support. Completion of this very important community project would not have been possible without the City's support. But this is not the end of activities on site. As new tile orders continue to come in, the tiles will be placed on site once the tile inscription work has been completed.
Following are a few photos showing the progress of the construction work on site along with some photos of the finished project:
Site Pre-Excavation
CMU Wall Construction
Perimeter Drainage Channel
Flag Pole Found. Vac-excavation
Colored Concrete Pour
Flag Pole Installation
Stone Pylon Installation
Paver Tile Installation
Finished Plaza - Afternoon
Finished Plaza - Evening
Finished Plaza - Half Mast
Donations Update
Cash Donations: Many individuals from the community have made cash donations to the project. Their names and donation amounts are too numerous to note here. However, the UPVP organization wishes to express its sincere appreciation to all donors for donations of all amounts.
Donor Tiles: As with the cash donations, many members of our community, also too numerous to list here, have already submitted their donor tile order forms and accompanying payments. To date, over 235 donor tiles have been ordered and donated to the project. Most have been installed on site.
THANK YOU for your very generous donations and support of this very important project. If you have the opportunity, stop by the site at the entrance to Cirque Park to visit, and wonder at, the finished plaza.
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